Hosts | |
John Reed King Gil Fates (sub) | |
Assistant | |
Jimmy Brown | |
Broadcast (CBS) | |
Primetime: 8/3/1944 – 1/22/1946 Daytime: 11/19/1947 – 11/10/1948 | |
Packager | |
CBS Television |
Missus' Goes-A-Shopping was one of television's earliest game shows, as well as the first shopping-based game show on American television. The series was broadcast live from Manhattan grocery stores and featured female shoppers competing in various stunts.
Recording Location[]
New York City, NY
Trivia[]
- It is not known if the primetime run was seen on the full network.
- The first show was telecast from Big Ben's Supermarket
- This was the first daytime game show broadcast by CBS. Seen on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 2:00 PM, the show was broadcast live from various *Manhattan supermarkets as the nighttime version had been.
- On November 17, 1948, the show was retitled as This Is the Missus with Bud Collyer as host.